History of Computers

1950-2000

Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 2000

UNIVAC

Mar 31, 1951

This is the first commercial computer in the United States

Silicon Chip Invented

Sep 12, 1958

The first silicon chip is invented in the US by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.

First Computer Game

Jan 1, 1962

Spacewar is invented by Steve Russel

First Computer Mouse

Jan 1, 1968

Douglas Englebart invents the computer mouse.

RAM Invented

Jan 1, 1970

Intel produces the first RAM.

E-mail Invented

Nov 1, 1971

E-mail invented by Ray Tomlinson

WordPerfect word processor

Nov 15, 1982

This is important because we use word processors every day and are a large contribution to our school lives.

Apple Macintosh invented

Nov 15, 1984

This is important because we use modern versions of this computer every day.

World Wide Web launched

Nov 15, 1991

This is important because it is yet another thing we use every day, for school work, and for wasting time.

Google invented

Nov 15, 1998

This is important because google is the first search engine all of us use when we need to find something.